Machinery for laying roving- in cans



JosErH W. STRANGE, or TAUN'roN, MAssAcnU'sEcrfrs.

MACHINERY non LAYING RoviNG 'IN cANs, kae.

n Specification of Letters Patent No. 5,337',- dated October 23, 184;'7';

To. all, whom, it, mag/concern: c l

Be it known that Il, JOSEPH W. STRANGE, of Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State o f Massachusetts, havey invented a cer-y tain new and useful Improvement in Machinery for Laying Rovings in Cans, the same being an improvement on mechanism for which on November 18, A. D.-1845 Lettersy Patent No. 4,277 were granted by the Commissioner of Patents Ol the United States of America to- John Tatham and David Cheetham, of Rochdale, England; and I do hereby declare that the said invention is fully described in the following specification and accompanying drawings, letters,

figures, and references thereof.v l

The nature of my improvements consist-s, first, in the combination with the coiling 21pparatus of a mechanism by which the said ceiling. apparatus maybe revolved, so as to put; any required degree of twist in the roving, before it (the roving) is introduced into the can; second, in the manner in which I have combined and arranged together three cans or hollow cylinders and certainI ePPeIlde-gee thereto, bywhell. l am enebled to introduce the rovinginto the interior of said cans, and pack it therein in eccentric helices; third, in the mannerin which I have:

combined and arranged'three cans or hollow cylinders and certain appendages thereto, by

which I am enabled n oftonly to introduce a.L sliver or roving into one of them and packl it therein, in eccentric helices,.bu t at the same time put any required degree of ytwist in said roving. Y

Of the said drawings, Figurel denotes a top-view of my improved mechanism, Fig. 2

is a side elevation of it, Fig. 3 is a vertical.

and cent-ral section of it, Fig.A 4t is ahorizontal section taken through the spring which..

sustains the circular plate on which the rov` ing is compressed, as will be hereafter described.

A, B, C, in the aforesaid figures, exhibit three cylindrical cans, arranged so together that the can A shall be placed concentrically within the can B, while the can B, is similarly arranged within the can C. The can A is mount-ed upon a vertical shaft or spindle D, which rests and turns at its footuponl a bearing E. The spindle D works through a hollow ory tubular shaft F, which is afxed to the can B, and this latter shaft passes through in a similarmanner another hollow shaft G, which extends from the outside can i in. revolution.

l C.l i driving pulley ITI', is fixed upon they' shaftD and immediately lbelow the shaft F; j'

Above this p ulleyl therey is another, viz., I,

which is secured upon the shaft F. 'Ihere'is` also a third pulley K'plaeedad eXed'llPO'll 'the Shelf@ Greed with reepeet'te. the', Others'. as seenin the drawnings Trfhesaidl pulleys i are to be driven by bands in such manner as 1 to rotate thecansin the directions and with the speed required,

A cover or .circulark platel the' ter what is termed a bayonet catch,"or such other contrivance as will not only'admit of its ready removal. frere the can.; at any time L le Seeured n- Pere ef they middle een B, end-by Whenevereneeeesery, but Will festen it te. elle velved with. eed by, 1bhe een whenA it is put An endlessrack or neueh manner as te @euse it te' be re- '75. row M of. cogs 0r teethy is disposed or' xedaupon the inneredge of', the tcp perl? ef the 'Outer can G, end eligegee With dt-eethed pinion N, vSupl@Orted 71.1POI1 and Se as ter revolve Wthnjthe plete LL, The said pinion is yIflflede `of two circular Plates e, bfupenithe e'ireumfereeee. efsthe, upper y ef Wheh. the edge er teeth are mede, es eeen' 11.1 elle drawingel, The Seidlurperf `plete.. ie

Pleeed aridi vSerie@ted in 'el ereiller reeeee e, out er made inftrlle 'een 0f Eberle-te L, eS seen'mlgs.. 5 and 6, the former of.- which eeebien 0f the plate L as detached .frem the can Bend wheel N. The-lowerv plate, b has e vSleere inereeev section. ee eeen ndieelrew.-

denotes a top view and the latter ak vertical ings, and itis made tol it into that `part of the plete L which is below the reeees. e, the said" plate L being cutout where itireceives theplate b, of ashape to correspond with the `plate inA contact withit, The two. plates ab arebf b,4 I's curecl together by one ormore.;

screws d, d. A c

' The wheel N should vbe, made to extend through the plate L, and be confined-to it, so as toreadily revolve within it, and it will so revolve whenever the can B is revolved or turned around within the can C, or the can C is revolved about the can B. LA trum-k kpet guide O, ofthe Vshape seen in the drawings, is screwed or fastened to the top of the plateL, and so that the common axis of the cansy may pass through its central. part.

This trumpetO, receives the roving as it Y passes from the oarding machine.

A hole or passage Q is bored vertically through the pinion N, and near the said pasof the said cans.

y "S, Fig. 7 denotes a strip of -steel,.bent around ina circular shapek or in-such a manner "as, when placedin the`interior of the can A, as seenin Fig. 3 to constitute Va fspring which shall pressfagainst the "interior surface of the can, and with'force more than sufficient to sustain itselfv and a circu- .lar platef'I, placed upon it, andl within they can, as seen in Fig, 3. Upon the top surface of the plate T one or morelayers eie &c. of rough or thick clothl are placed, andl glued or` otherwise properly fastened. E y,

The plate T should be confined tooneend .of the curved spring S, infsuch manner as tobe incapable oflbeingrevolved horizontally without Vmoving or carrying thespriing around with it. Asthe end of the roving is Vbrought into contact with `the upper `or rough surface of the 'cloth e, it will adhere thereto suficiently, so as to cause the roving ,to pass into the machine, when the cans are put in revolution.

` The assemblage of cans should-besupported in an upright positionpand sofas to be capable of beingrevolved'by, a'bearing'. rail rV, orfot-her mecllianical'equivalent properly applied to V)them or either ofthe :shafts with regard Vto each otherwe` may layor coil the rovingwithinthe can 'Afin ecc/enf-L trichelices, in substantially the same man* ner 4in which it is coiled in the {can of* the aforesaid patented apparatus offthe aforesaid Tatham fand Cheetham. Now, if We put thenouteror whole assemblageof cans in revolution at proper speeds, we may not ,only draw and coil the roving into the can A,vbut we may put V twist into it'before it enters the can, by" whichl 'it is greatly If we now ,suppose'y thel outer can to be held stationary?and'j'the'VV two inner cans A, B, tombe put in,revolutionv in opposite directions and at proper `'speeds 'side can or Aother equivalent.

strengthened and improved for the purpose of being spun into thread, as well as for being coiled in thelmachine.

vIn order to adapt the mechanism of the said 'IathamV andfCheetham, to twisting a roving, it would be necessary to construct it so that thehwhole stand and operative parts Amight be revolved together on the axis of the can, as will be seen by inspection thereof.

One portion of my improvements consists in so imparting to' the whole apparatus such fa rotary motion as shall` be productive of such a twist yin the roving asA may beref` By my mode of arranging,`combining and constructing the aforedescribed improved mechanism, `I render it much less complicated andeXpensive fthan that of Tatham and Cheetham.Y l

Having thus described my improvements, that whichI claim is`-' f I l. The combination with the coiling apparatus of such mechanism aswill enable me to impart jto the whole of"` it, such .a ro-l tary motion on the "vertical aXis of the can into which the roving is laid or coiled, as

may be necessary to produce a twist inthe roving, as described.

2. I also claim, the'herein'before described l' mannerpin which I have combined three cans or hollow cylinders B, 0,) and their appendages, (consisting of thecap "plate` L, ,toothed wheel N," endless, rack M, applied Ito; the outer can, together with the respective shafts and pulleysof the cans, or any mechanical equivalents therefor) so "as toloperate together, and lay or twist and lay the' roving Vin ea can, as specified, meaning also to claim in its application to such a combination, the endless "rack M, whether v, made stationary or Vso as to rotate as above described, fand whether applied to anbut- In testimony whereof, I havehereto set `my signature, this twenty first day of May an 184e. y f JOSEPH W. STRANGE. Witnesses:

JAMES P. ELLis, GEO. M. VVOODWARD. 

